Question 30: My ________ on life has changed a lot since leaving university.

A. outlookB. viewC. approachD. purpose

PART II:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correctanswer to complete each of thehalf parts

Question 31: Some people like cream and sugar in their coffee _________.

A. while milk is better in coffee, tooB. while others drink hot coffee

C. while sugar can cause cavitiesD. while others like it black

Question 32: Of all the factors affecting agricultural yields, __________.

A. weather is the one that influences farmers most.

B. the weather that influences the farmers most.

C. weather is the one farmers are influenced most.

D. the weather is the one why farmers influence it most.

Question 33: _________ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm.

A. In all living things consisting of B. All living things consist of

C. All living things consisting ofD. Although all living things that consist of

Question 34: ________ did you see such a good advertisement?

A. In which issue newspaperB. In which newspaper of which issue

C. In which issue of which newspaperD. What is the issue of which newspaper

Question 35: Returning to my room, __________.

A. my golden watch was missingB. I found my golden watch disappeared

C. I found my golden watch missingD. the golden watch was missed

PART III:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions in the following passage.

THE TRADE IN RHINO HORN

Last year thieves broke into a Scottish castle and stole only one thing: a rhino horn, which at 1.5 metres was the

longest in the world. In China, pharmaceutical factories have been building up (36) ______ of antiques made from rhino horn, for the sole purpose of smashing them to powder to make the (37) ______ ingredient of many of their medicines. And in Africa poachers continue to die in the (38) ______ for the black rhino.

Recently, conservationists have met to (39) ______ a campaign to persuade countries where rhino horn is still a part of the traditional medicine to switch to substitutes. The biggest (40) ______ to the survival of the rhinoceros is the refusal of certain countries to enforce a ban on domestic (41) _______ in rhino horn.

The rhino horn is included in many aids for disorders ranging from fevers to nosebleeds. Horn, like fingernails, is made of keratin and has no proven medicinal (42) _______ . Traditional substitutes, such as horn from buffalo or antelope, are regarded as second best.

The battle is (43) _______ to be winnable. But it may be harder than the battle against the trade in ivory, for there is a (44) _______ between the two commodities: Ivory is a luxury; rhino horn, people believe, could (45) _______ the life of their child.

Question 36:A. bundles

Question 37:A. real

B. collections

B. actual

C. amounts

C. essential

D. groups

D. true

Question 38:A. tight

B. chance

C. search

D. race

Question 39:A. design

B. plan

C. programme

D. form

Question 40:A. threat

B. danger

C. disaster

D. menace

Question 41:A. business

B. commerce

C. selling

D. trading

Question 42:A. capacity

Question 43:A. thought

B. property

B. dreamed

C. control

C. imagined

D. powers

D. viewed

Question 44:A. variation

Question 45:A. make

B. comparison

B. save

C. gap

C. help

D. difference

D. survive

PART IV:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions in the following passage.

The decline of traditional religion in the West has not removed the need for men and women to find a deeper meaning behind existence. Why is the world the way it is and how do we, as conscious individuals, fit into the great scheme?

There is a growing feeling that science, especially what is known as the new physics, can provide answers where religion remains vague and faltering. Many people in search of a meaning to their lives are finding enlightenment in the revolutionary developments at the frontiers of science. Much to the bewilderment of professional scientists, quasi-religious cults are being formed around such unlikely topics as quantum physics, space-time relativity, black holes and the big bang.

How can physics, with its reputation for cold precision and objective materialism, provide such fertile soil for the mystical? The truth is that the spirit of scientific enquiry has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 50 years. The twin revolutions of the theory of relativity, with its space-warps and time-warps, and the quantum theory, which reveals the shadowy and unsubstantial nature of atoms, have demolished the classical image of a clockwork universe slavishly unfolding along a predetermined pathway. Replacing this sterile mechanism is a world full of shifting indeterminism and subtle interactions which have no counterpart in daily experience.

To study the new physics is to embark on a journey of wonderment and paradox, to glimpse the universe in a novel perspective, in which subject and object, mind and matter, force and field, become intertwined. Even the creation of the universe itself has fallen within the province of scientific enquiry.

The new cosmology provides, for the first time, a consistent picture of how all physical structures, including space and time, came to exist out of nothing. We are moving towards an understanding in which matter, force, order and creation are unified into a single descriptive theme.

Many of us who work in fundamental physics are deeply impressed by the harmony and order which pervades the physical world. To me the laws of the universe, from quarks to quasars, dovetail together so felicitously that the impression there is something behind it all seems overwhelming. The laws of physics are so remarkably clever that they can surely only be a manifestation of genius.

Question 46: The new physics is exciting because it ________

A. proves the existence of a ruling intelligence.

B. incorporates the work of men of genius.

C. makes scientific theorizing easier to understand.

D. offers a comprehensive explanation of the universe.

Question 47: Scientists find the new cults bewildering because they are ________

A. too reactionary.B. based on false evidence.

C. derived from inappropriate sources.D. too subjective.

Question 48: Which phrase in paragraph 3 suggests that the universe is like a machine?

A. slavishly unfolding along a predetermined pathway

B. cold precision and objective materialism

C. the shadowy and unsubstantial nature of atoms

D. shirting indeterminism and subtle interactions.

Question 49: The author of this passage is _______

A. a minister of religion.B. a research scientist.C. a science fiction writer.D. a journalist.

Question 50: The author says people nowadays find that traditional religion is _______

A. a form of reassurance.B. inadequate to their needs.

C. responding to scientific progress.D. developing in strange ways.

PART V:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions in the following passage.

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to get his languages like other people's. In the same way, as children learn to do all the other things, they learn to do without being taught – to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle – compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer. Let's end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated people must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one's life is a nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?" Don't worry. If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

Question 51: The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ________.

A. not really important skillsB. more important than other skills

C. basically different from learning adult skillsD. basically the same as learning other skills

Question 52: What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?

A. By copying what other people do.B. By making mistakes and having them corrected.

C. By asking a great many questions.D. By listening to explanations from skilled people.

Question 53: According to the author, exams, grades, and marks should be abolished because children's progress

should only estimated by _______.

A. educated peopleB. parentsC. teachersD. the children themselves

Question 54: The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are ________.

A. too independent of othersB. too critical of themselves

C. unable to think for themselvesD. unable to use basic skills

Question 55: What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?

A. They give children correct answers.

B. They point out children's mistakes to them.

C. They allowed children to mark their own work.

D. They encourage children to copy from one another.

PART VI:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions in the following passage.

Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation based on group organization and attitudes.

In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains nearly all of each individual's life. The rewards of the group's work are shared with each member. There is an interlocking identity of individual, group, and task performed. Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued.

While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterate societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business offices and professional athletic teams are example of secondary cooperation.

In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation. Latent conflict underlies the shared work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic, the organizationis looseand fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goal; it breaks down when the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking, cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes used for this relationship.

Question 56: The word cherished in line 1 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. prizedB. agreed onC. definedD. set up

Question 57: What is the author's main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?

A. To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict.

B. To show the importance of group organization and attitudes.

C. To offer a brief definition of cooperation.

D. To urge readers to cooperate more often.

Question 58: The word fuse in line 3 is closest in meaning to ________.

A. reactB. uniteC. evolveD. explore

Question 59: Which of the following statements about primary cooperation is supported by the information in the

passage?

A. It was confined to prehistoric times.

B. It is usually the first stage of cooperation achieved by a group of individuals attempting to cooperate.

C. It is an ideal that can never be achieved

D. It is most commonly seen among people who have not yet developed reading and writing skills.

Question 60: According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary cooperation?

A. To experience the satisfaction of cooperation.

B. To get rewards for themselves.

C. To associate with people who have similar backgrounds.

D. To defeat a common enemy.

Question 61: Which of the following is NOT GIVEN as a name for the third type of cooperation?

A. Tertiary cooperationB. Accommodation

C. Latent conflictD. Antagonistic cooperation

Question 62: The word fragile in line 13 is closest in meaning to _______.

A. inefficientB. easily brokenC. poorly planned D. involuntary

Question 63: Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?

A. The author describes a concept by analyzing its three forms.

B. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relation.

C. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic.

D. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion.

Question 64: Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in the fourth

paragraph?

A. Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades.

B. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company.

C. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow.

D. Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party.

Question 65: As used throughout the passage, the term common is closest in meaning to which of the following?

A. ordinaryB. sharedC. vulgarD. popular

PART VII:Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the best rewritten sentence ineach of the following questions.

Question 66: For a teacher of her experience and ability, discipline was not a problem.

A. A teacher with good experience and ability doesn't want any discipline.

B. Discipline was not necessary for such a good teacher.

C. For such a capable teacher, discipline was not a problem.

D. Teachers find discipline unimportant though they are experienced and able.

Question 67: Many people were severely critical of the proposals for the new motorway.

A. There was severe criticism of the proposal for the new motorway.

B. The proposal for the new motorway was severely criticized.

C. There was the proposal for the new motorway, but many people were critized.